As a child, I heard about a comic-book villain called the Unabomber—a Harvard mathematician turned terrorist who wanted to destroy civilization. Fast-forward to our current sci-fi dystopia, and attitudes have dramatically shifted. Among disaffected young men, "Uncle Ted" Kaczynski has become a prophet whose warnings seem increasingly prescient. Following his prison suicide last year, this episode examines whether the Unabomber's critique of technology and society was actually correct.

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Bibliography:

The Unabomber’s Manifesto by Kaczynski

The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker

A Hunter Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st century by Weinstein

The History of Manners by Norbert Elias

The Total State by Auron Macintyre

Tyranny Inc by Ahmari

The Revolt of the Elites by Lasch

The Anxious Generation by John Haidt

The Happiness Hypothesis by Jon Haidt

The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt

The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate

The Elephant in the Brain by Simler

Europe Emerges by Reynolds

Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber

Debt by David Graeber

The Dictators by Richard Overy

The Geography of Nowhere by Kunstler

The Story of Work by Lucassen

The Lonely Crowd by Riesman

The Origins of Ideology by Imannuel Todd

Lineages of Modernity by Immaneul Todd

Ultrasociety by Peter Turchin

Seeing like a State by James Scott

Leviathan and its Enemies by Sam Francis

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer

After Liberalism by Gottfried

A Secular Age by Charles Taylor

The Decay of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama

The WEIRDest people in the world by Joseph Heinrech

The Story of Philosophy by Bertrand Russel

The Founder Effect by Samo Burja